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At 08:56 AM 10/4/00 -0500, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: >At this juncture in the history of SAX, if it >is turned over to another "benign dictator", then >the vendors who deliver the SAX products can >consider it a private, experimental API and >turn to the various consortia (which ever >THEY prefer) to establish a credible, funded >authority for maintenance of its replacement. >They can continue to call that SAX and ignore >the privately held artifact. > >In fact, that will be the responsible thing >to do. It's more prudent than the other >courses open when an individual holds authority >over a public specification. So how exactly do you explain the widespread support for SAX in pretty much every parser, even those from the 'big boys'? I don't see them labeling SAX as a private experimental API in their docs. Some days I wonder if the bias toward institutions is just built into the SGML way, or if maybe it's just my life as an independent consultant that gives me a different perspective on the (low) value of such things. Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. XHTML: Migrating Toward XML http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
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